Zen Cho

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Zen Cho
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Period2015–Present
Genre
Notable works
Notable awards
Website
zencho.org

Zen Cho is a Malaysian fantasy author based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[1] She is known for her Sorcerer to the Crown series. She was the joint winner of the Crawford Award in 2015 for her short story collection Spirits Abroad.[2]

Biography

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Cho has a law degree from University of Cambridge, and she works as a lawyer.[3][4]

Cho's debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, was published in 2015.[4][5][6] It was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2016,[7] and in the same year, Cho won the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer.[8] Her novelette "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again", published by the B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[9]

Awards

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Year Title Award Category Result Ref
2015 Spirits Abroad Crawford Award — Won[a] [10]
Sorcerer to the Crown Otherwise Award[b] — Longlisted [11]
2016 British Fantasy Award Newcomer Won [12]
Fantasy Novel Shortlisted [12]
Locus Award First Novel Finalist [13]
2019 "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" Hugo Award Novelette Won [14]
2021 The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water British Fantasy Award Novella Shortlisted [15]
Lambda Literary Award Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror Finalist [16]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [17]
Black Water Sister Kitschies Red Tentacle (Novel) Finalist [18]
2022 Ignyte Award Novel (Adult) Finalist [19]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Finalist [20]
RUSA CODES Reading List Fantasy Shortlisted [21]
World Fantasy Award Novel Nominated [22]
Spirits Abroad Locus Award Collection Finalist [20]

Bibliography

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Sorcerer Royal series

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Standalone novels and long fiction

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Collections

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Notes

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  1. ^ Tie with The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman
  2. ^ Then known as the James Tiptree Jr. Award

References

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